Books by Gareth Moore

Portrait of Gareth Moore

Gareth Moore is a celebrated British puzzle master and author, renowned for crafting ingenious brainteasers that challenge and delight readers of all ages. With a background in cognitive neuroscience, his books combine logical precision with playful creativity, offering everything from quick mental workouts to complex conundrums that test even the sharpest minds.

His accessible style and clear explanations have made him a trusted name in the world of puzzles, crosswords, and sudoku. Whether you're seeking a mindful distraction or a serious mental challenge, Gareth Moore's collections promise hours of rewarding problem-solving and the satisfying thrill of a puzzle well solved.

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165 products


  • Crosswords on the Loo

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Crosswords on the Loo

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisOver 100 brand new crosswords by puzzle master, Dr Gareth Moore. At home or in the office, for many of us the only time we get a quiet moment is on the loo. Crosswords on the Loo will help you entertain yourself and keep your brain active in those precious spare moments. Containing 100 brand new crosswords, this little book will test your mental agility, help improve your language skills and boost your IQ ... all from the comfort of your toilet. So, pick up your trusty pen and get puzzling in peace. Complete the set with Sudoku on the Loo and Word Searches on the Loo.

    1 in stock

    £5.99

  • Logic Games for Clever Kids®: More Than 100

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Logic Games for Clever Kids®: More Than 100

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisA new title in the hugely successful Clever Kids® series, this book is packed with logic puzzles that are guaranteed to put your powers of deduction to the test. From mind-boggling sudoku and stupefying simple-loop games to bridge-building challenges and cryptic conundrums, there are plenty of exciting puzzles to keep your brain busy. Created by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids.

    2 in stock

    £5.99

  • Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning TenMinute

    Pearson Education Limited Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning TenMinute

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisREVISE 11+ is the smart choice for 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning preparation. This book of Ten-Minute Tests: Provides additional exercises for regular and repeated practice, including homework Enables learners to perfect skills through increased volume and time-focused sessions Supports learners with topics matched to the Revise 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Books Develops confidence for 11+ exams by focusing on the important skills. Preparation is more than just these Ten-Minute Tests! The REVISE 11+ series supports learners for every step of the journey. All titles in the series are fully integrated and work together to provide the best support for the 11+. Introduce key skills with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 1. Take the next step with REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 2. Get exam-ready

    1 in stock

    £11.17

  • Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Assessment

    Pearson Education Limited Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Assessment

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisREVISE 11+ is the smart choice for 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning preparation. This Assessment Book: Provides realistic exam practice so that learners can apply their skills Promotes independence with comprehensively demonstrated answers Prepares for 11+ exams by offering the volume of practice that tutors and teachers recommend. Preparation is more than just this Assessment Book! The REVISE 11+ series supports learners for every step of the journey. All titles in the series are fully integrated and work together to provide the best support for the 11+. Introduce key skills with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 1. Take the next step with REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 2. Consolidate learning with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Ten-Minute Tests. 

    1 in stock

    £11.17

  • The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrom the creators of the hugely popular Kids' Book of Crosswords 1 and Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1, this new addition to the series has over 150 puzzles to complete. Addictive, fun and conveniently compact, this book of crosswords will provide hours of entertainment.From bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author Gareth Moore, The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 will test word power and keep boredom at bay.The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 is part of a colour-coded set of crosswords and wordsearches, bound to keep kids occupied for hours at a time.Also available in the Buster Puzzle Book series:9781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 19781780554402 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 19781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 29781780555003 The Kids' Book of Mazes 19781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 29781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 19781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 29781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 19781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

    2 in stock

    £6.23

  • Sudoku on the Loo

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Sudoku on the Loo

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisOver 200 brand new sudoku puzzles by puzzle master, Dr Gareth Moore. At home or in the office, for many of us the only time we get a quiet moment is on the loo. Sudoku on the Loo will help you entertain yourself and keep your brain active in those precious spare moments. Containing 200 brand new sudoku puzzles, this little book will test your mental agility and boost your IQ ... all from the comfort of your toilet. So, pick up your trusty pen and get puzzling in peace. Complete the set with Word Searches on the Loo and Crosswords on the Loo.

    1 in stock

    £5.99

  • Alices Puzzle Adventures in Wonderland

    Hachette Children's Group Alices Puzzle Adventures in Wonderland

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA curious collection of Wonderland puzzles to solve with Alice!

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Undercover Agent Puzzle Book: Test Your

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd The Undercover Agent Puzzle Book: Test Your

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisDo you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn how to walk in the shadows and take down prolific criminal networks. Containing eight escape room scenarios, test your decision-making skills in this interactive puzzle book. Can you crack the cases before they discover your identity?Get ready to be taken through the ranks of secret service training, as you learn how to infiltrate the world’s toughest gangs – and stop them in their tracks before they get away with the crime. Including verbal and visual puzzles, spot the difference, as well as code-cracking cryptograms, hanjie, sudoku and much more, this is an ultimate puzzle book, for new and seasoned puzzlers alike.The rules are simple. Solve each of the eight cases in under an hour, or your cover will be blown. Also available: The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book (9781789293357).

    5 in stock

    £9.49

  • Memory Palace Master: Over 70 Puzzles to Hone

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Memory Palace Master: Over 70 Puzzles to Hone

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisDo you want to sharpen your focus and improve your memory? This is a practical puzzle book to help you retain information faster and for longer, with proven memory techniques. We all know that visualizing, writing down or repeating something all helps to store things in our minds, but why? Written by Helena M. Gellersen, part of University of Cambridge’s renowned Memory Laboratory, and bestselling puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore, this is a complete course in memory training. The way we remember things is determined by the different parts of our brain we are engaging, and this helpful book covers verbal, visual and long-term memory puzzles to help you improve your memory store. Culminating in the powerful Memory Palace technique, a millennia-old technique still used today by mental athletes, this collection of tried-and-tested exercises will teach you how to master this strategy and learn information more effectively. Including the latest neuroscience and with an easy-to-follow puzzles, this is the only book you need to discover the secrets to a long-lasting memory, once and for all.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Mammoth Book of Brain Workouts

    Little, Brown Book Group The Mammoth Book of Brain Workouts

    20 in stock

    Book SynopsisA brilliant new collection of over 400 original new brain puzzles, in the fashionable 'mind gym' style. This all-new volume offers a structured programme to stimulate and re-activate the different parts of your brain. It contains over 400 activities, puzzles and tests, ranging from speed maths and word memorization to logic tests and verbal reasoning exercises. They become increasingly difficult as you progress, following a cumulative scoring system, though most can be solved mentally in a few minutes. A helpful introduction describes in simple and accessible terms how the different parts of the brain work, and explains how each can be stimulated on a daily basis in different ways. The book is divided into 31 daily workouts, with over a dozen puzzles a day, providing a month's supply of exercises to keep your mind supple and in shape. Each daily workout contains a specially formulated mixture of puzzles designed to improve your problem solving, to boost your creativity, to improve your concentration, to improve your memory, and to boost your mind power. This is the essential programme of puzzles for anyone who has ever walked into a room and forgotten why they are there - in the tradition of the bestselling Dr Kawashima's Train Your Brain, and Nintendo's 'How Old Is Your Brain?' mental agility training computer game

    20 in stock

    £11.99

  • ULYSSES PR Brain Games for 9YearOlds

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    £7.95

  • Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Brain Workout

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    Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In a world of growing health awareness and new health trends, many people still neglect the most important factor of them all the mind. Brain training exercises are the natural, effective, and fun way to improve mental activity and cognitive processing. Available for the first time in Arabic, these titles will you help sharpen your cognitive abilities and train your brain for increased mental well-being.

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Beyond Strange Stars

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £12.82

  • Sticker Mosaics Crazy Cats

    Castle Point Books Sticker Mosaics Crazy Cats

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisCreate your own cat masterpiece using colorful stickers! This brightly-colored book includes 12 geometric designs of everyone''s favorite feline. Perfect for cat lovers and stickering enthusiasts alike, Sticker Mosaics: Cats is a unique concept among paint-by-sticker books across the industry. No artistic experience or ability is required to create these masterpieces!

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Sticker Mosaics Jr. Sparkly Unicorns

    St Martin's Press Sticker Mosaics Jr. Sparkly Unicorns

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisBecome a sticker artist!Make your very own masterpiece of out stickers! With 10 cool projects and tons of stickers to match and play with, sticker lovers can add creativity to every design!

    2 in stock

    £11.69

  • Sticker Mosaics Jr. Sea Life

    St. Martin's Publishing Group Sticker Mosaics Jr. Sea Life

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £10.44

  • Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Under Strange Stars

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £12.39

  • Ulysses Press Brain Games for 8YearOlds

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    £7.95

  • ULYSSES PR Brain Games for 10YearOlds

    4 in stock

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    4 in stock

    £7.95

  • SOURCEBOOKS INC The True Crime Puzzle Book

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    £12.34

  • Brain Coach Intense: 40-Day Training Programme

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Brain Coach Intense: 40-Day Training Programme

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisWe all know that ‘we only use ten per cent of our brain’ is a myth, but it is true that giving our brains a workout can really help our day-to-day problem-solving abilities.In Brain Coach Intense, puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore has designed an intensive 40-day training plan to really stretch your mental agility, along with tips and tricks to help you overcome mental strain and increase your brain function and explanations of how the puzzles help your brain. Each day you’ll be introduced to a puzzle format and shown how to solve a simple example, before tackling the increasingly devilish variations by yourself.Train your brain and improve and maintain your mental agility with the focused challenges in Brain Coach Intense and see a difference in 40 days.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Brain Teasers for Puzzlers

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Brain Teasers for Puzzlers

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisSearching for a fun way to give your brain a good work out? Look no further than this brilliant book, which will make you think, make you scratch your head and even make you laugh! From logic puzzles to conundrums, cryptic codes to complex riddles, there are brain teasers here for everyone who already loves a puzzle and for those who are only just discovering how satisfying solving a fiendish problem can be.Written by expert puzzler Dr Gareth Moore, pit your wits against the very best and keep your brain razor sharp and in tip-top form.

    5 in stock

    £7.99

  • Michael O'Mara Books Cozy Word Searches

    Out of stock

    Out of stock

    £14.40

  • Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Practice

    Pearson Education Limited Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Practice

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £12.56

  • Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Practice

    Pearson Education Pearson REVISE 11 NonVerbal Reasoning Practice

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.56

  • Little, Brown Book Group The Beautiful Flower DottoDot Book

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    Book SynopsisCreate beautiful floral art with forty dot-to-dot drawings to complete and colourEach puzzle contains hundreds upon hundreds of dots and every flower is accompanied by its Latin botanical name.From a delightful dahlia and a luscious lily to a resplendent sunflower and pretty petunia, the challenging dot-to-dots inside will entertain horticulture fans and keen puzzlers alike for hours on end.

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Andrews McMeel Publishing The Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisOne crime to solve. Over 70 killer conundrums to piece together the clues. The first book in the brand-new Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book series, Murder in the Village is all the brain-teasing fun of a classic murder mystery game in a convenient travel-sized puzzle book!Welcome to the Puzzle Murder Mystery Club: a puzzle book experience like no other. Put your logic and reasoning to the test and master the art of deduction as you examine clues, eliminate the suspects, and piece together the evidence to catch the killer in their tracks. Rosa Martinez is a young journalist looking for a break from big-city life. She visits her great aunt Martha in the quiet, charming village of Wobberly End. On her first night in town, she meets the Puzzle Cluba group of four friends who come together regularly to solve puzzles. The next morning, however, a body appears in the middle of the market squareand all the signs point to murder. But whose is the body in th

    Out of stock

    £14.24

  • Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. 10-Minute Brain Games

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisA brain-teasing collection of mental workouts, each designed to be solved in 10 minutes. Puzzlers of all skill levels: challenge yourself with over 150 tests of logic and reasoning!This latest addition to the 10-Minute Brain Games series offers puzzlers brain teasing reasoning challenges--conundrums, cryptic codes, logic puzzles, riddles, and more. The perfect book for puzzlers who love to keep their brain in tip-top form. The brain teasers within will sharpen thinking for all skill levels, whether new to puzzling or just looking for a new challenge.

    Out of stock

    £7.59

  • Christmas Wordsearches for Clever Kids®

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Christmas Wordsearches for Clever Kids®

    Book SynopsisIf you’re crazy about Christmas and passionate about puzzles, then this book of wordsearches is for you. Packed with more than 150 wordsearch puzzles to keep bright sparks entertained over the holidays, Christmas Wordsearches for Clever Kids® is full of festive fun.From the bestselling puzzle book author Dr Gareth Moore, the creator of the chart-topping Clever Kids series, which has sold more than 460,000 copies in the UK, comes a new title for young wordsearch enthusiasts. Clever kids can give their brains a workout and test their word power with Christmas puzzles covering everything from presents to pudding.Other books in the series include:9781780552491 Brain Games for Clever Kids®9781780553078 Wordsearches for Clever Kids®9781780553146 Quiz Book for Clever Kids®9781780553085 Crosswords for Clever Kids®9781780554723 Brain Gaming for Clever Kids®9781780555409 Maths Games for Clever Kids®9781780554730 Word Games for Clever Kids®9781780555621 Times Tables Games for Clever Kids®9781780555638 Travel Puzzles for Clever Kids®9781780555935 10-Minute Brain Games for Clever Kids®

    £7.08

  • Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Extreme Mazes

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisExercise your brain by navigating the intricately devised and devilishly difficult labyrinths in Extreme Mazes.With mazes as eye-catching as they are challenging, maze masters will have to negotiate a variety of mind-boggling, inventive puzzle types including 'bridge', 'multi-floor' and 'warp' mazes.Created by bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author, Gareth Moore.Please note: The material in this book has previously appeared in Ultimate Mazes.

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Whos the Imposter

    Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Whos the Imposter

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisProblem-solve under pressure and spot the imposter in time. An immersive puzzle book experience. Step inside the book and get ready to start a compelling, solve-as-you-go adventure. Put your investigative skills to the test and use your intuition to eliminate the suspects, piece together the clues and hunt down the imposter, from puzzle to puzzle. Bestselling author Dr Gareth Moore and Laura Jayne Ayres will put your logic and reasoning to the test and keep you looking over your shoulder as you solve the puzzles. The decisions you make will determine what happens next - but have you made the right choices? Be prepared to revisit any evidence you may have missed the first time...The game is afoot: do you dare to step inside the book?

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Anaconda Verlag Der Gedächtnistrainer

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £9.33

  • Anaconda Verlag Der Gedächtnistrainer Das Übungsbuch

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £9.31

  • Frech Verlag GmbH Das WissenschaftsRätselbuch Über 100 Rätsel aus

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £14.25

  • Frech Verlag GmbH RätselAuszeit Achtsamkeit. Über 300 Rätsel für

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • frechverlag GmbH Gehirnjogging 4 WochenWorkoutBuch

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £14.24

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH Der groe Logiktest fr Kinder Stell dein Hirn auf

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £9.83

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH Der große Logiktest für Kinder Rätseln bis dein

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £9.72

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH Der große Mathetest für Kinder Stell dich der

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.83

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH Der große Mathetest für Kinder Bist du eine 1 in

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.95

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH 101 Matherätsel Das Einmaleins

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.95

  • Loewe Verlag GmbH 111 Sudokus für Kids

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.95

  • Edition Michael Fischer Wie Was Wow

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £19.80

  • Frech Verlag GmbH RätselAuszeit Ruhe

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.99

  • Bassermann, Edition Sherlock Holmes Hirnverknotende Rätsel. Für

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £7.70

  • Bassermann, Edition Sherlock Holmes Verzwicktverwickelte Rätsel. Für

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £7.70

  • Bassermann, Edition Logikrätsel Leonardo da Vinci Geniale

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £9.26

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    £7.99

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